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English
Noun
pucel (plural pucels)
- Obsolete form of pucelle.
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Old English
Etymology
Diminutive of pūca (“devil, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“goblin, imp”), equivalent to pūca + -el. Cognate with Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”). More at puck.
Pronunciation
Noun
pūcel m
- a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants
- Middle English: *poukel (found in names and compounds)
Old French
Etymology
Masculine form derived from the feminine pucele.
Noun
pucel oblique singular, m (oblique plural puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative singular puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative plural pucel)
- young, unmarried man
- (by extension) virgin (male person who has ever had sexual relations)
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